ALTOONA — For several weeks after John Bormann’s extraordinary one-day stint in the big leagues, his father hounded him to jot down everything that happened. That way, Bormann will be able to savor every detail about that day in Miami — the mad dash on Alligator Alley, his arrival in the Pirates clubhouse, the at-bat no one saw coming — even after time softens and nibbles away at his memories.

Over the past 14 months, Bormann has often shared his story of going from the low minors to the big leagues and back down again in the span of 24 hours. Bormann told it again Monday, as he settled in for his second day with Double-A Altoona.

“I never did (write it), but I feel like I’m going to remember it all pretty well,” Bormann said. “It’s still fun to tell the story and see the smile on people’s faces when they hear it, just the disbelief that something like that could happen.”